Roosevelt: A Study in AmbivalenceJackson Press, 1919 - 159 pages |
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Page 57
... admired the Hohenzollern , yet had no kind word for him . The two men were strangely alike in some respects . For the Kaiser is a similar bundle of contradic- tions . Wilhelm , as I explained in my " Confessions of a Barbarian ...
... admired the Hohenzollern , yet had no kind word for him . The two men were strangely alike in some respects . For the Kaiser is a similar bundle of contradic- tions . Wilhelm , as I explained in my " Confessions of a Barbarian ...
Page 77
... admiration , this remark seemed to be lacking in taste . I do not know if it even coincides with the facts . The blood of many races surged through that ruddy form of his . Psychologically he was a Viking . So fast the swift blood ...
... admiration , this remark seemed to be lacking in taste . I do not know if it even coincides with the facts . The blood of many races surged through that ruddy form of his . Psychologically he was a Viking . So fast the swift blood ...
Page 95
... admired the rhythmic swing of his sentences . I realized that America had lost a poet in Theodore Roose- velt . His dynamics lacked only verse to make him greater than Whitman . He would have made literature if he had not made history ...
... admired the rhythmic swing of his sentences . I realized that America had lost a poet in Theodore Roose- velt . His dynamics lacked only verse to make him greater than Whitman . He would have made literature if he had not made history ...
Page 125
... admiration . The letter is , of course , intensely partisan . In reading it we must remember that it was written two years before the German Government and the United States were at war . OFFICE OF GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK March 19 ...
... admiration . The letter is , of course , intensely partisan . In reading it we must remember that it was written two years before the German Government and the United States were at war . OFFICE OF GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK March 19 ...
Page 141
... admiration to Thomas de Torquemada . Both men were not lacking in grandeur , albeit both were victims of some psychosis . It is fortunate that the enforcement of the Espionage Act was not in the hands of Theodore Roosevelt . He is ...
... admiration to Thomas de Torquemada . Both men were not lacking in grandeur , albeit both were victims of some psychosis . It is fortunate that the enforcement of the Espionage Act was not in the hands of Theodore Roosevelt . He is ...
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287 Fourth Avenue admiration American citizen Americans of German attacks attitude ATTORNEY Authors Barbarian Belgium believe Berlin Blank blood Britain British Confessions Conrad Aiken course Dear Dernburg Edgar Allan Poe EDITOR emotional England English fact fair-weather feel Flame foes Freud friends friendship for Germany genius George Bernard Shaw George Sylvester Viereck German Americans German Propaganda Gertrude Atherton hands hate heart Henri Barbusse Hugo Muensterberg Kaiser Labor Relief leader League of America letter literary Louis Mirror ment mind nation never newspaper Nineveh OFFICE OF GEORGE Oyster Bay PADRAIC PEARSE patriotic Perhaps poems poet poetic Poetry Society political President Pro-Germanism professed friendship Psychoanalysis remarkable replied Roose Sagamore Hill seemed Shaw Songs of Armageddon STUDY IN AMBIVALENCE sword Theodore Roosevelt things tion to-day tribute unconscious United Vampire velt verse Vigilantes violation Whitman Wilson write written York City York Evening Mail
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Page 122 - We, here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years ; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men.
Page 150 - ... spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Page 150 - And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Page 5 - Always on the right — Vanquished, this shall be our pride In the world's despite. Let the oily Pharisees Purse their lips and rant, Calm we face the Destinies: Better "can't
Page 112 - If the Authors' League or the Poetry Society or any other organization expels a member because of his political opinions, it thereby constitutes itself a political body and violates whatever literary charter it may have. Literature, art and science are free of frontiers; and those who exploit them politically are traitors to the greatest republic in the world : the Republic of Art and Science.
Page 47 - Bravely drain, then fling away, Break the cup of sorrow! Courage! He who lost the day May have won the morrow.
Page 122 - Seton. leader for the time being, whoever he may be, is but an instrument, to be used until broken and then to be cast aside; and if he is worth his salt he will care no more when he is broken than a soldier cares when he is sent where his life is forfeit in order that the victory may be won. In the long fight for righteousness the watchword for all of us, is spend and be spent.